4C Weekly Update January 10th

Highlights:

• Welcome back! We hope everyone had a wonderful and restful break!
• We started our week off by choosing our ‘Word of the Year.’ We spent time discussing goals and resolutions and we all came up with a word (patience, organization, resiliency, ect.) we want to focus on going into the new year. 
• We are working through division topics in math. Please practice basic division and multiplication facts at home.
• Next week we will be sending a Science project to be completed at home. Using what they learned about simple machines, students will be designing a vehicle using recycled materials. You do not need to make a special shopping trip to the store to purchase materials. Look for the package being sent home next week. 

Reminders:

• An extreme cold warning is predicted for all of next week. Students need to ensure they are dressed appropriately for the weather. Please do not hesitate to personally reach out to your teachers if you require help in providing any of these warm items.
• Please send report card envelopes back to school so they can be reused for our June report cards.
• January 31st - Non-instructional day - No school

We are excited to bring back two programs, Simons Valley Reads and Simons Valley Mathletes. Both programs were a HUGE success because of volunteers such as you! We are hoping to run an 8 week program of both SVS Reads and Mathletes starting January 28th for 1 hour a week.

Here is a brief description of the two programs (little different from last year) but just as impactful!

SVS Reads
To support our Grade One/ Two/ Three students, we are looking for parent volunteers who would be able to come once a week for an hour and work with two students. Volunteers would work with a student for 20 minutes each practicing high frequency words, sentence work and of course, reading a short story. All of the materials will be provided for you!

SVS Mathletes
The second program, Simons Valley Mathletes is a program designed to help our grade 3 to 6 students develop proficiency in mathematics. The focus this year will be to strengthen basic math facts. With this program, as SVS Reads, we are looking for parent volunteers who would be able to come once a week for an hour and work with two students. Volunteers would work with each student for 20 minutes making numbers, practicing basic math facts and then playing a math game. All of the materials will be provided for you.

If you are interested in volunteering with either program, please contact us at ggdavidoff@cbe.ab.ca or bghordern@cbe.ab.ca before January 14th.